Here’s what you need to know: The Senate voted on Tuesday to proceed with the impeachment trial of former President Donald J. Trump.Credit…Doug Mills/The New York Times The Senate voted on Tuesday to proceed with the impeachment trial of former President Donald J. Trump, rejecting his defense team’s claim that it would be unconstitutional to … Read more
Here’s what you need to know: Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the majority leader, and Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, his Republican counterpart, reached an agreement on rules for the trial.Credit…Erin Schaff/The New York Times Donald J. Trump’s lawyers on Monday denounced the impeachment case against him as partisan “political theater,” arguing … Read more
But Trump’s legal team was quick to respond by declining the invitation in a curt response to the House impeachment team and returning the Democrats a decision on whether to try to force Trump’s testimony with a subpoena. Senior impeachment manager, Rep. Jamie Raskin, sent a letter to Trump’s attorney on Thursday asking Trump to … Read more